#72218A#72218A

#72218A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.172 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72218A
RGB	rgb(114, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(286, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(286, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 76.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, 50.28, -41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 65.19, 320.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% 0.126 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.172 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0701, 6.5006, 24.6588)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72218A #398A21

analogous

#3D218A #72218A #8A216D

triadic

#72218A #8A7221 #218A72

tetradic

#72218A #8A3D21 #398A21 #216D8A

square

#72218A #8A3D21 #398A21 #216D8A

split-complementary

#72218A #6D8A21 #218A3D

monochromatic

#200927 #491559 #72218A #9B2DBB #B750D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#72218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#72218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72218A

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72218A	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#713754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.172 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e65ad',
    500: '#72218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72218a;
$custom-light: #9e65ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42437,
    "c": 0.17179,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72218A

secondary

#67B94E

accent

#E54368

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F3EBF4

border

#CDC6CE

text

#0F0610

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72218A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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